Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion / edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christopoulos, Menelaos.

Karakantza, E. D. (Euphēmia D.)

Levaniouk, Olga, 1971-

Series:

Greek studies.

Greek studies: interdisciplinary approaches

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Light and darkness in literature.

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Mythology, Greek.

Light--Religious aspects.

Light.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multi-disciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and the role of the mystic or cultic.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; Part I; COLOR SEMANTICS; Chapter One; The Significance (or Insignificance) of Blackness in Mythological Names; Chapter Two; Dark Skin and Dark Deeds; Danaids and Aigyptioi in a Culture of Light; Chapter Three; Brightness and Darkness inPindar's Pythian 3; Aigla-Koronis-Arsinoë and Her Coming of Age; Chapter Four; S-light Anomaly; Dark Brightness in Euripides' Medea; Part II; APPEARANCE AND CONCEALMENT; Chapter Five; The Light Imagery of Divine Manifestation in Homer1; Chapter Six; Trojan Night; Chapter Seven; Tithonus and Phaon

Mythical Allegories of Light and Darkness in Sappho's PoetryChapter Eight; Erinyes as Creatures of Darkness; Chapter Nine; Journey into Light and Honors in Darkness in Hesiod and Aeschylus1; Chapter Ten; Hephaestus in Homer's Epics1; God of Fire, God of Life; Part III; EYE-SIGHT/INSIGHT; Chapter Eleven; To See or Not to See; Blind People and Blindnessin Ancient Greek Myths; Chapter Twelve; Blindness as Punishment*; Part IV; BEING AND BEYOND; Chapter Thirteen; Light and Darknessand Archaic Greek Cosmography; Chapter Fourteen; Mystic Light and Near-Death Experience; Chapter Fifteen

Dark-Winged Nyx and the Bright-Winged Eros in Aristophanes' "Orphic" CosmogonyThe Birds; Chapter Sixteen; The Bright Cypress of the "Orphic"Gold Tablets; Direction and Illuminationin Myths of the Underworld; Part V; CULT; Chapter Seventeen; Light and Darkness in DionysiacRituals as Illustrated on Attic Vase Paintings of the 5th Century BCE; Chapter Eighteen; Light and Lighting Equipment in the Eleusinian Mysteries; Symbolism and Ritual Use; Chapter Nineteen; Magic Lamps, Luminous Dreams; Lamps in PGM Recipes; Index; About the editors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-20989-8

1-282-92180-0

9786612921803

0-7391-3901-0

OCLC:

699511233